Spanish star Álvaro Morte engaged with fans during an Instagram
live chat on Saturday. Álvaro Morte is popularly known for portraying ‘The
Professor’ in Netflix’s hit web series ‘Money Heist’. The chat was also joined
by co-star Najwa Nimri and co-director Jesús Colmenar, to speak on being part of Money
Heist. He talked about his feelings about wrapping up of the crime drama
series recently, and also expressed things he is taking away from the character
he played.
“It’s been a huge adventure with an amazing crew, team, and cast. I feel
like I’ve learned a lot and I can do many things (after) doing the Professor,”
Álvaro said while recalling how La Casa De Papel or Money Heist has been a life-changing
project for him, which he’s been a part of from the beginning in 2017.
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Season 5 of ‘Money Heist’ is going to be the final season for the popular
series. The cast and crew, along with Netflix officially announced its wrap a few
days back, leaving fans across the globe emotional. The click was also shared
by Álvaro under the caption, “What a team. A dream team!”
The actor added in the Instagram live, “First thing I want to say is to thank
you so much for all the love and the token of affection that I’ve received, not
only on my last Instagram post but also for all these years. We’ve been kind of
working together in this amazing adventure.
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When Álvaro was asked whether he is aware of Money Heist and his
character’s popularity in India, Álvaro said, “Love from India! Wow, that’s one
country I’d like to visit. I know a lot of fans from India. I get a lot of
messages from there. They are all very nice and thank you so much for following
us.”
“It’s very nice when you’ve been working for months and you have the love
of many countries from all over the world,” he added.
Season 4 of Money Heist left the viewers with a cliffhanger situation, where
Alicia Sierra has The Professor at gunpoint after finding his hideout. Fans
cannot wait to know if Alicia fires at
him or joins the gang, Álvaro did agree that he is “happy with the result.”
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Sharing that Money Heist’s end is leaving him with a mixed feeling, he
said, “I feel sad and happy at the same time. Sad because I’m leaving this
character that gave me so many things, but also happy because I’m grateful for
that. Sometimes the projects have to finish, they have to rest a little bit,
and I think that we have to be happy.”
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Money Heist 5 was earlier expected to release in April-May 2021. But its
production got delayed due to the pandemic. Netflix recently revealed that the show is now
eyeing a premiere in the last quarter of 2021. Álvaro, however, said the exact
release date has not been fixed as yet. “We don’t know yet when Money Heist 5
will release. We’ve finished the shooting already. But they haven’t told us
anything yet,” he clarified.
Money Heist also stars Úrsula Corberó, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Miguel
Herrán, Jaime Lorente, Esther Acebo, Rodrigo de la Serna, Darko Perić, Hovik
Keuchkerian and others. The final season will air 10 episodes.
